Bench clamp



April 14, 1931. HAST"; 1,8005937 Patented pr. 14, 1931 UNITED STATES Application filed March 23, 1929. Sei*ial N0. 349,496.

This invention relates 130 a bench clamp especially designed for use in connection with carpenters benches, the primary obj eot of the invention being to provide a olamp of this oharacter which Will automatioally adjust itself to receive and grip articles of various thicknesses.

Another object of the invention is to provide a clamp of this oharacter which will exert pressure 011 the W0rk at three points along the bOard 01 Work held in tho clamp, thereby insuring against slipping of the work while in the clamp.

A still further object of the invention is to 16 provide a clamp including a stationary mombe1' am]. a pivoted member, means being provided whereby the pivot-ed member may be adjusted laterally with respect to the stationary member, adapting the clzunp for use in clamping exceptionally wide boards.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description prooeeds, the invention resides in tho combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of consbruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Referring 110 the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a clamp coustructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Figure 3 is an end elevational view of the elamp.

Figure 4 is a sectional view takten on 1ine 4-4: of Figure l.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the reference character 5 designates a supporting surface, which in the presen showing is a carpenters Work bench.

The clamp inoludes a stationary member 6 provicled with a substantially wide inner edge 7, the inner edge having an inclined end. portion 8, inclined towards the outer edge of the stationary member.

The stationary member 6 is provided with 5 openings 130 receive the securing screws 9 that secure the stationary member 6 to the benoh' or supporting surface. Cooperating with the stationary member 1s a p1voted member 10, the inner edge of the member 10 indicated ab 11 being disposed wardly from the work bench so that tho pivoted member may be readily lift@d'from its position over the pin and replaced so that another opening of the pivoted -member receives the pin, thereby providing a n adjustment of the pivoted member so that it may be moved towards or away from the stationary member adapting it for use with wider or narrower boards to be planecl.

In the use of the device a board to be planed 01' otherwise worked, may be slid befiween,

the stationary member und the pivoted mem her. As the forward end 01' the work reaches the inclined surface a1; the outer end of the pivoted member, the pivoted member is E Q IC J moved so that the rear end thereof is forced into close engagement with the work setting up a binding action at point B 011 the stationary member and three-di1fflent points.

It will be seen that the work may be readily removed fromm the clamp by merely slio1- ing the work rearwardly from between tho stationary and movable members of the clamp.

One end of the stationary member is gripping the work ab 

